Renault 5 and their suspension, or maybe the Austin Metro with it's
Hydro-Elastic-fantastic suspension which gave different handling
characteristics and ride height depending on the ambient air temperature...
Oh, wait a minute, they put that on the MGF too until MG got hold of it...
One of the funniest things I've seen was a friend of mine who rolled up at a
go-kart race meeting in an old Princes (sod off big metro really) with a
flat suspension system. Turns out he'd had a blow-out on the system
somewhere. The drivers side of the car was sat on the bump-stops, the other
was mile high.
Anyway, he drove it home, proclaiming that it was OK, but then admitted that
he'd put his back out by driving a car with no suspension at normal speeds.
Still, made me larf :o)
> > Rather they were going for a "suspension of disbelief" approach.
> Call me crazy, but when I hear "suspension of disbelief" in an automotive
> context, my stream-of-consciousness mind starts thinking of VW swing
axles,
> old Triumph Spitfires, leaf springs, live axles...
> Stephen